• Director(s)

    John McPhail

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    95m

  • Cast

    Augustus Prew, Andrea Bang, Justin Long

Film

Dear David

strong horror, bloody violence, suicide references, language, sex

DEAR DAVID is a US horror thriller in which a social media illustrator becomes terrorised by an evil supernatural force after he leaves a violent online comment in response to an internet troll. …

DEAR DAVID is a US horror thriller in which a social media illustrator becomes terrorised by an evil supernatural force after he leaves a violent online comment in response to an internet troll.

violence
A man witnesses a possessed boy strangling his dad before his mother bashes the demonic child's skull using a computer. His head is shown misshapen and bloody in the aftermath. There is also a scene in which a supernatural force repeatedly hits a teenage girl's head against a desk, causing her face to bleed.
threat and horror
There are sustained scenes of horror and threat as a man is terrorised and haunted by a demonic entity who visits him as he sleeps.
language
The film features strong language ('f**k'). Other uses include 'bitch', 'dick', 'cock', 'bullshit', 'shit' and 'asshole'.
sex
Online pornography shows implied oral sex, but there is no strong nudity. A man attempts to masturbate to the porn by putting his hand down his trousers but is interrupted. There are also sex references, including to to 'cock sucking'.
suicide
Strong suicide references include a man finding a dead woman hanging from rope. The man also receives an online article about the best ways to 'kill yourself'. In another scene a demonic entity forces a man to cut his own wrist.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
A man receives online homophobic messages which include homophobic language ('fairy' and 'homo') however the discriminatory behaviour is condemned by the narrative and the protagonist, who is gay.

  • Director(s)

    John McPhail

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    95m

  • Cast

    Augustus Prew, Andrea Bang, Justin Long

strong horror, bloody violence, suicide references, language, sex
Classified Date:
24/08/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Lionsgate UK Ltd / Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd - (HE)
violence
A man witnesses a possessed boy strangling his dad before his mother bashes the demonic child's skull using a computer. His head is shown misshapen and bloody in the aftermath. There is also a scene in which a supernatural force repeatedly hits a teenage girl's head against a desk, causing her face to bleed.
threat and horror
There are sustained scenes of horror and threat as a man is terrorised and haunted by a demonic entity who visits him as he sleeps.
language
The film features strong language ('f**k'). Other uses include 'bitch', 'dick', 'cock', 'bullshit', 'shit' and 'asshole'.
sex
Online pornography shows implied oral sex, but there is no strong nudity. A man attempts to masturbate to the porn by putting his hand down his trousers but is interrupted. There are also sex references, including to to 'cock sucking'.
suicide
Strong suicide references include a man finding a dead woman hanging from rope. The man also receives an online article about the best ways to 'kill yourself'. In another scene a demonic entity forces a man to cut his own wrist.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
A man receives online homophobic messages which include homophobic language ('fairy' and 'homo') however the discriminatory behaviour is condemned by the narrative and the protagonist, who is gay.

  • Classified date

    24/08/2023

  • Language

    English